Confidence Indicators
The Primacy of Politics
20.08.2009
By: Barry Eichengreen
Politicians managed to ward off a Great Depression. But they did little more. A Japanese scenario is now becoming very likely.
Nobody is prepared for a double-dip recession
16.06.2009
By: Wolfgang Munchau
The green shoots look increasingly shriveled in the light of the latest economic data, which show that the world economy is still on the same trajetory as during 1930s. The strategy by governments to wait to the end of the recession to sort out all problems is not working.
Why this crisis is collective action problem
16.03.2009
By: Wolfgang Münchau
We need global policy co-ordination in at least three areas to get out of this severe crisis: stimulus, bank rescue and financial crisis prevention. The G20 is not even close to agreeing on an effective response on any one of those issues.
The economics of global policy co-ordination
12.03.2009
By: Eurointelligence
We present a detailed analysis of some recent research of the size of large country stimulus packages, about the effect of economic stabilisers, and conclude that stimulus will always be insuffient unless co-ordinated.















